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Friday, 31 August 2012

Dodgy Spies With An Awesome Prize: A 25 Page, Author Critique!

Today I'm hosting the final stop in
Kelley York's HOLLOWED blog tour, and to say I'm ridiculously excited would be
like saying— well, something equally accurate. Why? Because myself, Kelley
and the fabulous Nyrae Dawn (author of five books, with more on the way and an
interview coming up on this blog), are giving away a massive prize! And the
best part is, it's interactive...

See, as you'll all know from the blog tour, Hollowed is not just
an awesome New Adult novel. It's also a mystery, and so for this prize you'll
need to do some sleuthing. First, get yourself a Sherlock Holmes hat and pipe
(or if, like many writers, you're afraid of the outside world, simply imagine
yourself in one).

OK so it's technically not a Sherlock Hat, and the old man I stole it from didn't have a pipe, but when your mystery-solving pose looks this good...

Next, check out the video interview
I did with Kelley and answer the four super mysterious questions in the
rafflecopter widget below (you'll earn five entries for each one you answer).
To be extra sneaky and secretive we made sure the video can only be viewed
here, so you better put on sunglasses before you watch it so no-one sees you.

Once
you've got your answers, it's time to duck behind a newspaper and do some
stalking. Follow us on twitter for one entry per twerson (yes, it's a word) and
on our blogs for ten entries per blog.

And
what do you get?

A
25 page critique from Kelley.

A
signed ARC of Hushed. (It's her last one. Ever. I'd say that pretty much makes
it an antiquity).

A
signed Hushed bookmark. (Not that you'll need it, since you won't be able to
stop reading).

An
e-copy of Hollowed from Kelley.

An
e-copy of Measuring Up from Nyrae.

And
since I wanted to join in the spirit of giving, I'll throw in a good deed for
you too. I'm no professional writer but I've been studying the
publishing/writing industry for 3 years now to perfect my own work so I'd be
happy to offer a beta read for you, or you could do a guest post on my blog to
gain some potentially new viewers, or if you've got work coming out I can chip
in to your publicity efforts. Whatever you like, I'd love to work something
out. :)

The contest ends at the very
mysterious and in no way suggested by rafflecopter time of 12:01 am, September
7. Happy sleuthing, and thank you so much to Kelley and Nyrae for giving me
this opportunity, and to everyone for participating! (I mean, no-one. You were
never here, right?)

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